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between the eyes, hind 

 distinctly separated from 

 elevated. Antennae eight- 



Cheiragra variabilis, Lea. 



suture moderately distinct, not 

 labrum, sides and apex slightly 

 club three-jointed, lamellae small. 

 Froth or ax not 

 much wider 

 than the great- 

 est length, sides 

 evenly rounded, 

 front angles 

 produced and 

 acute, hind 

 ones somewhat 

 rounded off; 

 punctures 

 vaguely defined. 

 Elytra rather 

 strongly separ- 

 ately rounded 

 at apex, sides 

 gently rounded ; striae and their contained punctures obscured 

 by bloom; odd interstices slightly raised above and wider 

 than the even ones. Abdomen small and curved to apex. 

 Sides of hind coxae about one-third shorter than meta- 

 sternum; tibiae stout, the front ones each with two large 

 acute teeth and a very small one; front tarsi with four basal 

 joints rather wide, the claw joint strongly notched near apex, 

 and with very unequal 

 claws, the larger one 

 very large, strongly 

 curved, and with a 

 large basal appendix, 

 the smaller one 

 slightly larger than 

 those on the other 

 tarsi, and with its 

 basal appendage simi- 

 lar but without a 

 quill. Length ( rf , 9), 

 375-4'5 mm. 



9 • Differs in hav- 

 ing the upper-surface 

 and part of the meta- 

 sternum polished, pro- 

 thorax slightly shorter, 



its punctures sharply defined, elytra with striae and their con- 

 tained punctures sharply denned, and the interstices with 

 distinct punctures ; abdomen larger and more evenly convex, 



Cheiragra variabilis, Lea, 



